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> Google rewarded $3133.7 for this bug under their VRP program. It's a pretty odd amount too. I'm curious how they arrive at that number.
by hanniabu 6y ago
> Google rewarded $3133.7 for this bug under their VRP program.
It's a pretty odd amount too. I'm curious how they arrive at that number.
- tziki 6y agoI think someone tried to be cute by having '1337' in the sum. If the figure wasn't so insultingly low it would've been fun.
- esprehn 6y agoIt's an old hacker reference to "eleet": https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet
- diveanon 6y agoGoogle is hopelessly out of touch and tone def.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- hackerpain 6y agoGoogle VRP team has a tradition to reward 4 figure and 5 figure amounts to match 1337 or, L33T (Leet or, Elite). Example bounty amounts - $1337, $3133.7, $13337 and $31337
- paranorman 6y agoThe 1337 could be a nod to gamer culture because it stands for “leet” and may be popular with the folks who participate in bug bounties. Pure speculation on my part here. EDIT: yep, looks like I missed all the other comments pointing this out, mobile app didn’t load them for some reason. Leaving the comment anyway.
- zackkitzmiller 6y agoJust to expand on this a bit, 31337 goes waay back. Before 'gamer culture' was a thing, and was popular enough to where it got mentions in the 1995 movie Hackers. I vividly remember BBS and IRC handles with variations of 31337 in them in the 80s. I'm sure it goes back even farther.